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Darthness wrote:why don't we have any diesal powered cars here in america? i could literatly go to work (micky d's) to fill up a tank. maybe i'll try and find a diesel truck when i look at getting another car.

I guess you checked out those sites i linked to? haha.

There are quite a few diesel powered cars here in the states. They are mostly foreign though. Mercedes has been messing with diesel for a while. I think in the next few years though, a lot more diesel powered vehicles will be hitting the market.

actually most of the diesels in the US are professional vehicles (semis) and pickup trucks (full size) with a few random 80s model imports and a smattering of newer ones being passenger cars.

main reason we don't have many in the US is diesel until VERY recently cost more than gasoline, and very few stations even offer diesel unless they're on a major interstate and service semis.

Darthness wrote:why don't we have any diesal powered cars here in america? i could literatly go to work (micky d's) to fill up a tank. maybe i'll try and find a diesel truck when i look at getting another car.

Diesel trucks tend to be pretty cheap on insurance too. Especially if you're under your parents name.

For some reason 250/2500 trucks tend to be more expensive on insurance, though. They're considered a "sport truck". Found that out when I was pricing F-250s, F-350s, Dodge 2500s and 3500s. Tends to be pretty consistent among different insurance companies, too.

I'm pretty buzzed so I didn't really thoroughly read everything, but im still typign right. I'll read in the morning but what I did note is that people got like 10-13 mpg on most SUVs, thats pretty cool and makes me feel better haha.

jonathan, why didn't you price any of them there bad asses chevy has?

anyway, i get about 18mpg overall in my f150 4.2, and i drive like a bat out of hell sometimes

10-13 mpg

wow thanks to you guys I have to pay 3 dollars a gallon!! There should be cost by the car, engine, ect........sounds good to me :)

payed 2.62 earlier

2.62 where?

I drive like 10 MPG and I fill up once a week, I drive to school, usually to lunch, and then back home, and I barely drive on the weekends. And I get 150 miles per gallon. This sucks.

i wish i could pay 2.62, i haven't seen 2.62 in a good 2 months. cheapest here in slidell, LA (east of New Orleans) is 2.81

High Society wrote:wow thanks to you guys I have to pay 3 dollars a gallon!! There should be cost by the car, engine, ect........sounds good to me :)

Hell yea! Just like car insurance! You drive a Ford Focus, $2 a gallon, you drive an H2, $5 a gallon! The guy who owns a $6,000 Focus can afford $2 a gallon. If you can afford a $50,000 car, you bet your ass you are paying more for gas!